A 29-Year-Old Sex Offender Went to Jail Trying to Enroll in High School. A Year Later, They Tried Again, Police Say.
Police say the 29-year-old submitted false enrollment records and remained in custody on $50,000 bail after staff flagged the application.
- On Thursday, Hennepin County District Court charged 29-year-old Makayla Ray Craig with three felonies for allegedly posing as a 17-year-old homeless youth to enroll at Maple Grove High School.
- To bypass identification requirements, Craig invoked the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and submitted enrollment paperwork under the name Molly Lennox Fox, claiming to be a homeless student from Oregon.
- Investigators discovered Craig was a registered sex offender from Oregon, out of compliance with registration requirements since October 2025, with prior convictions including sexual assault.
- Maple Grove Police arrested Craig on Tuesday after school staff alerted them to the suspicious application; Craig remains in custody at Hennepin County Jail on $50,000 bail.
- Craig has previous forgery convictions in Oregon and reportedly attempted similar enrollments at other schools, including White Bear Lake Area High School earlier this year.
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Transgender Sex Offender Caught Attempting to Register at Minnesota High School as a Teen Girl
A convicted sex offender who identifies as transgender was discovered attempting to enroll in a local high school under the pretense of being a 17-year-old girl. “Makayla” Alec Ray Craig, 29, was charged on October 22 with three counts of forgery for allegedly trying to register as a student at Maple Grove High School in […]
A Registered Sex Offender Literally Tried to Enrol in High School by Posing as a Homeless Teen Girl
Makayla Ray Craig faces three felony forgery charges in Minnesota after allegedly applying to a high school under a false identity and claiming to be a homeless teenager from Oregon.
Prosecutors: Sex offender, 29, tried to enroll in Maple Grove High School
Court documents allege Makayla Lee Craig filled out paperwork claiming to be a 17-year-old named Molly Fox. The criminal complaint said Craig is a registered sex offender from Oregon, who has been out of compliance for the past year.
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